Effi Briest

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Not Rated
1977    2h 21m[History](/on-demand/category/history), [Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)
6.96.6
17-year-old Effi Briest is forced into a loveless marriage with the elderly Baron von Instetten. Living as the aristocrat's trophy wife, Effi endures her provincial existence unhappily. Because of her husband's constant traveling.

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Cast of Effi Briest

  • Hanna SchygullaEffi Briest
  • Wolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von Instetten
  • Ulli LommelMajor Crampas
  • Lilo PempeitFrau Briest
  • Herbert SteinmetzHerr Briest
  • Ursula SträtzRoswitha
  • Irm HermannJohanna
  • Karlheinz BöhmWullersdorf
  • Karl ScheydtKruse
  • Barbara LassKöchin
  • Rudolf LenzGeheimrat Rummschüttel
  • Andrea SchoberAnnie
  • Eva MattesHulda
  • Theo TecklenburgPastor Niemeyer
  • An Dorthe BrakerFrau Pasche
  • Peter GauheVetter Dagobert
  • Barbara ValentinMarietta Tripelli
  • Hark BohmPharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
  • Rainer Werner FassbinderNarrator (voice) (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay / Producer
  • Theodor FontaneNovel

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